Shakespeare, the Earl, and the JesuitThe name of the Jesuit Robert Southwell has now and then been linked with Shakespeare's, but vaguely and tentatively. The name of Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton, has been perennially been linked with Shakespeare's, sometimes not vaguely and tentatively enough. This book offers reasons for believing in a relationship among the three men, who were "kinsmen" as their contemporaries understood the term. --From publisher's description. |
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Page 33
... fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway , It is enthroned in the hearts of kings , It is an attribute to God himself And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice . Therefore , Jew , Though ...
... fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway , It is enthroned in the hearts of kings , It is an attribute to God himself And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice . Therefore , Jew , Though ...
Page 44
... fear in them . He wrote to his father : " It is not the carelessness of a cold affection , nor the want of a due and reverent respect , that hath made me such a stranger to my native home and so slack in defray- ing the debt of a ...
... fear in them . He wrote to his father : " It is not the carelessness of a cold affection , nor the want of a due and reverent respect , that hath made me such a stranger to my native home and so slack in defray- ing the debt of a ...
Page 62
... fear , How easy is a bush suppos'd a bear ! Hippolyta But all the story of the night told over , And all their minds transfigur'd so together , More witnesseth than fancy's images , And grows to something of great constancy ; But ...
... fear , How easy is a bush suppos'd a bear ! Hippolyta But all the story of the night told over , And all their minds transfigur'd so together , More witnesseth than fancy's images , And grows to something of great constancy ; But ...
Page 63
... fear " in the " night " this wayward faculty turns a " bush " into a " bear . " In Southwell's poem , the Author's ... fears ( the " fayn [ ed ] frights " of dreams [ 728 ] ) , a " Beare " ( 283 ) , and if not a " bush , " a " shrub ...
... fear " in the " night " this wayward faculty turns a " bush " into a " bear . " In Southwell's poem , the Author's ... fears ( the " fayn [ ed ] frights " of dreams [ 728 ] ) , a " Beare " ( 283 ) , and if not a " bush , " a " shrub ...
Page 66
... fears , And in conclusion dumbly have broke off , Not paying me a welcome . Trust me , sweet , Out of this silence yet I pick'd a welcome ; And in the modesty of fearful duty I read as much as from the rattling tongue Of saucy and ...
... fears , And in conclusion dumbly have broke off , Not paying me a welcome . Trust me , sweet , Out of this silence yet I pick'd a welcome ; And in the modesty of fearful duty I read as much as from the rattling tongue Of saucy and ...
Contents
37 | |
Lucrece | 75 |
Ephesus Rome and London | 109 |
Hamlet | 145 |
Alls Well that Ends Well | 201 |
Measure for Measure | 226 |
Conclusion | 256 |
Notes | 260 |
Bibliography | 311 |
Index | 326 |
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